LASG EXTENDS AMNESTY FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS WITHOUT PLANNING PERMITS BY THREE MONTHS

The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide has announced the Lagos State Government has extended by three months the provision of amnesty for owners and developers of existing buildings without Planning Approvals in the State.  

Dr. Olumide, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Alausa, said that considering the high rate of applications since the beginning of the amnesty programme, Governor  Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu had approved the extension of the programme by another three months, starting from the 1st of August to the end of October 2024, to allow more people to benefit from it.

Recall that the Lagos State Government had in April announced the provision of an amnesty period of 90 days, from 2nd May to 30th July 2024 to allow owners and developers of existing developments to obtain Planning Permits without payment of statutory penal fees, which erecting buildings without Approvals would have attracted. In addition to the waiver of penal fees, the programme also comes with a discount for payments completed within 10 working days during the amnesty period.

To access the amnesty programme, an applicant is expected to submit the following documents for assessment, through the District Offices of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) in the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State, and the Electronic Planning Permit (EPP) office at the LASPPPA Headquarters, Oba Akinjobi Way, G.R.A Ikeja, Title document or Proof of Ownership, Survey Plan, As-built S-built Architectural Drawings and Structural, Electrical, and Mechanical Drawings (where applicable).

Other documents to be submitted for assessment are the Non-Destructive Integrity Test Report (where applicable), Letter of Structural Stability and Indemnity (where applicable), Land Use Planning Analysis Report, Evidence of Tax Compliance, and other supporting documents, where applicable. 

Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Administration instituted the amnesty programme to cushion the effect of the current economic hardship on the built environment sector and equally enhance compliance to Physical Planning regulations to guarantee a livable, organised, orderly and sustainable built environment.